561 CDUS43 KDMX 180702 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 202 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 38 339 PM 82 2012 50 -12 82 MINIMUM 24 653 AM 2 1906 29 -5 59 AVERAGE 31 39 -8 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.07 1998 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.83 1.17 0.66 0.58 SINCE MAR 1 1.83 1.17 0.66 0.58 SINCE JAN 1 5.16 3.35 1.81 2.72 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 26 8 0 MONTH TO DATE 580 495 85 302 SINCE MAR 1 580 495 85 302 SINCE JUL 1 5107 5380 -273 4522 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 6 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 20 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 20 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 20 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1100 PM LOWEST 59 100 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 81 2012 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 2 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2013.........SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 720 PM CDT MARCH 19 2013.........SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 721 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$